'Sunshine' In The City

Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Abigail Breslin get together at the party after the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. The black comedy stars Kinnear as the harried dad, a failed motivational speaker; Collette as the frustrated mom, the family breadwinner who preaches a pro-honesty policy; and Abigail Breslin as a plump, adorable 7-year-old fixated on becoming a beauty queen.

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Toni Collette attends a party after the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. On the subject of family road trips, she told The Associated Press: "You know, what scares me is these cars that come out with DVD players. Because if families go away, part of the joy is sitting there and experiencing moving through the land. And now, it's so easy for people not to be where they are."

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Abigail Breslin poses at the party after the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. She told The AP: "We did go cross-country last year, and one time, I got sick on the road. And so I woke up at like 5 a.m., and I ran to the bathroom ... When we got into the car, I fell asleep. But I had to bring, like, two of the hotel's garbage cans with me. I don't know if that's particularly funny."

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Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin party after a screening of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. Arkin recalled for The Associated Press: "I hitchhiked across the country three times when I was in my teens. It was pretty crazy. I remember sleeping under a car one night because there was no place else. We didn't have any money, and sleeping under a car in a rainstorm I guess was one of the craziest things we ever did."

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Alan Arkin points out Abigail Breslin's dimples at the party after the premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" in New York on July 25, 2006. In the movie, Arkin plays a foul-mouthed, heroin-snorting grandpa, and Breslin, an aspiring child-pageant contender.

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Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette arrive at the party after the "Little Miss Sunshine" premiere at the 79th Street Boat Basin on July 25, 2006 in New York City.

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Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear attend the premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on July 25, 2006.

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Greg Kinnear and co-director Jonathan Dayton attend the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. Kinnear told The Associated Press: "I'm from Indiana, and my family -- I have two brothers, my mom and dad -- used to make the annual pilgrimage to Florida. I just remember every 45 minutes the car pulling over at the side of the road for something ..."

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Co-director Jonathan Dayton and actress Toni Collette attend the premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on July 25, 2006.

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Actor Greg Kinnear, co-director Jonathan Dayton and actress Toni Collette attend the premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on July 25, 2006.

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Co-director Jonathan Dayton, actress Toni Collette, actor Alan Arkin and co-director Valerie Faris attend the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. Faris told The Associated Press: "I went on a road trip with my family in a Winnebago across the desert ... And the thing broke down. One of those big, old Winnebagos that were so tippy, every time a truck would go by, it would get up on two wheels."

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From left, actor Greg Kinnear, co-director Jonathan Dayton, actress Toni Collette, actor Alan Arkin, actress Abigail Breslin and co-director Valerie Faris attend the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine." The movie follows the Hoover family as they cram into a Volkswagen minibus, racing across the desert to get their daughter to her Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in California.

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Joan Allen and Josh Stolz attend the premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" in New York City on July 25, 2006.

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Here is another shot of Joan Allen during red-carpet arrivals at the New York premiere of the film "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006.

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Actor Justin Shilton, who plays Josh in "Little Miss Sunshine," attends the movie's premiere in New York City on July 25, 2006.

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Abigail Breslin, who plays a central role in "Little Miss Sunshine," and her brother, actor Spencer Breslin, attend the movie's New York premiere July 25, 2006. Spencer played Bruce Willis as a child in "The Kid" (2000).

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Co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris attend the premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" in New York City on July 25, 2006. It took the husband-and-wife director team about five years to raise enough money to make the movie.

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Toni Collette attends the New York premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006. She told The AP: "We had tons of road trips. We would laugh and fight and sing and play music and play 'I Spy.' There was one thing we got into ... we'd all nominate a car coming toward us ... and as soon as it got near enough, whoever was driving would beep, and we'd all hang out the window and wave as though we knew them."

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Toni Collette, left, and Greg Kinnear pose together at the New York premiere of their new film "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006.

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Actor Greg Kinnear, left, and co-director Jonathan Dayton pose for photographers during red-carpet arrivals at the New York premiere of their film "Little Miss Sunshine" on July 25, 2006.